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COVID-19
Emma Mak
Last night the NAFA Executive Committee held a teleconference to discuss the COVID-19 pandemic and how it impacts our sport. The number one priority is the health, safety and well-being of our competitors. NAFA would therefore like to provide some recommendations to Tournament Participants, Tournament Hosts and Regional Directors in light of this outbreak.
Tournament Participants
Tournament Hosts and Regional Directors
Again, we want to reiterate that the health and well-being of everyone is paramount. Information surrounding COVID-19 is continually evolving. Please be sure to check for updated information through your national and local authorities as well as the World Health Organization website at https://www.who.int/. If there are any questions, please contact Neil Flood nflood51@... and/or Steve Corona flyballguy@....
Thank you, and please be safe.
Neil Flood North American Flyball Association, Executive Director
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Plaque spelling confirmation still needed for the following teams
Annie Taylor
Good Morning-
I still need plaque spelling confirmation from the following teams. Please respond to alynnta@...
REgion 1:
Andrea L. "Annie" Taylor
North American Flyball Association, Inc. (R) Awards and Scoring Tattle Evil~Rotten BS FMCH , TFE
Stormfront's Advanced Warning "Siren" FM, TFE I
Stormfront's Boy with a Golden Ticket "Charlie" FDCH-G
And my Angels Thoroughly enjoying life at the bridge
Stormfront's Too Cool For You ! "Ice" aka - Piggy FDCH-S, TF-III 11/27/09~1/13/12
OT's Unbridled Twitch "Twitterpate" FM, TFFC 5/24/08~ 5/29/13
Lacey Jane BC FG40K, TFPI, Iron Dog (Best Black, White, Brown Dog Ever!)8/4/2000~ 6/3/2013
Ruckus Border/Border FG60K, TFFC-I,Iron Dog 7/18/2001~1/17/2018 Fuller's Mesquite Moxie Onyx, TFWC, Iron Dog 4/14/2006~9/23/19
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NAFA plaque spellings needed region 13-21
Annie Taylor
Good Afternoon- I need one member of each of the following teams to confirm spelling of handler and dog names.
Please reply to alynnta@...
This does not include any Regional Champions, ROCC or special awards. Those requests will be sent individually at a later date.
Thank you,
Annie
Region 13:
Andrea L. "Annie" Taylor
North American Flyball Association, Inc. (R) Awards and Scoring Tattle Evil~Rotten BS FMCH , TFE
Stormfront's Advanced Warning "Siren" FM, TFE I
Stormfront's Boy with a Golden Ticket "Charlie" FDCH-G
And my Angels Thoroughly enjoying life at the bridge
Stormfront's Too Cool For You ! "Ice" aka - Piggy FDCH-S, TF-III 11/27/09~1/13/12
OT's Unbridled Twitch "Twitterpate" FM, TFFC 5/24/08~ 5/29/13
Lacey Jane BC FG40K, TFPI, Iron Dog (Best Black, White, Brown Dog Ever!)8/4/2000~ 6/3/2013
Ruckus Border/Border FG60K, TFFC-I,Iron Dog 7/18/2001~1/17/2018 Fuller's Mesquite Moxie Onyx, TFWC, Iron Dog 4/14/2006~9/23/19
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Plaque Spelling Confirmation needed Regions 1-11
Annie Taylor
Good Afternoon- I need one member of each of the following teams to confirm spelling of handler and dog names.
Please reply to alynnta@...
This does not include any Regional Champions, ROCC or special awards. Those requests will be sent individually at a later date.
Thank you,
Annie
Region 1:
Andrea L. "Annie" Taylor
North American Flyball Association, Inc. (R) Awards and Scoring Tattle Evil~Rotten BS FMCH , TFE
Stormfront's Advanced Warning "Siren" FM, TFE I
Stormfront's Boy with a Golden Ticket "Charlie" FDCH-G
And my Angels Thoroughly enjoying life at the bridge
Stormfront's Too Cool For You ! "Ice" aka - Piggy FDCH-S, TF-III 11/27/09~1/13/12
OT's Unbridled Twitch "Twitterpate" FM, TFFC 5/24/08~ 5/29/13
Lacey Jane BC FG40K, TFPI, Iron Dog (Best Black, White, Brown Dog Ever!)8/4/2000~ 6/3/2013
Ruckus Border/Border FG60K, TFFC-I,Iron Dog 7/18/2001~1/17/2018 Fuller's Mesquite Moxie Onyx, TFWC, Iron Dog 4/14/2006~9/23/19
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NAFA News Board Meeting Highlights
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Countdown to the end of the NAFA Election...tomorrow is deadline.
Emma Mak
Countdown to the end of NAFA Election.....tomorrow is the last day to get your votes in! Ballots were sent to Club Owners, Approved/Supervising Judges, Regional Directors and Board Members by email at the beginning of December. Voting ends tomorrow, January 13, at midnight CST. Please contact elections@... with any questions you have or problems you are encountering with voting. Results will be announced at the NAFA Annual General Meeting in Baltimore, MD January 18th, 2020.
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Reminder: NAFA Election ends January 13th, midnight CST
Emma Mak
The NAFA Election closes soon - Monday, January 13th at midnight CST.
If you have any voting issues or concerns, please contact elections@.... Regards, Emma Mak NAFA Elections Chair
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Election Reminder & Final Candidate Chat - this Thursday night 9pm EST
Emma Mak
Voting ends Monday, January 13th. Have you cast your votes yet? Ballots were emailed out December 4th from the election company, Big Pulse.
The candidates and moderators will be using the CBox software to post questions and responses live, and will be the only ones that need to login.
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NAFA Online Tournament Sanctioning
Emma Mak
Online sanctioning is now available on the NAFA website. You can now enter your own tournament details and immediately receive a confirmation email of your pending event. There are links on the front page of www.flyball.org. Here is the direct link: https://www.flyball.org/database/public/public_login.php
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NAFA 2019/2020 Election is Open
Emma Mak
NAFA 2019/2020 Election ballots should have been delivered to your email inbox this morning if you are a Club Owner, Regional Director, Approved/Supervising Judge or Board Member.
Details regarding vote calculations can be found in the NAFA Rule Book, ARTICLE VII - AFFILIATE CLUBS AND DELEGATES, Section 2 Delegate Vote Calculations. Please note: As a Club Owner, to receive a ballot, the minimum teams entries you must have in Fiscal Year 2019 is four. If you should have received the ballot and it's not in your inbox, please check in your junk/spam folder first. If it's not there, please make sure your spam filter rules are set to accept emails from bigpulse.com and then contact elections@... to have it re-sent. For any questions regarding the election, please contact elections@.... Polls close Monday January 13, 2020 at midnight CST. Results will be announced at the NAFA AGM on January 18, 2020 in Baltimore, Maryland. Regards, Emma Mak NAFA Elections Chair
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Important Details about 2019/2020 NAFA Election opening December 4th, 2019
Emma Mak
View the latest candidate chat transcript here: http://flyball.org/elections/FY2020/CandidateChat2-112619.htm
Elections this year are again to be conducted by email ballot. This year's ballot includes Executive Director, Board of Directors (three positions), Judge of the Year, Clyde Moore Memorial Hall of Fame (up to two inductees) and Regional MVPs. There are also two delegate questions. Opening and Closing Dates
Due to the timing of the US Thanksgiving holiday we are pushing the opening date out slightly to December 4th.
Opens December 4th, 2019, 7AM CST
Closes January 13th, 2020, Midnight CST
Results announced: January 18th, 2020 at AGM in Baltimore, MD
Two Questions Relating to Height of Jumps (lowering jump heights and lowering minimum)
The timing of the implementation of any rule change(s) would be decided at the January 2020 board meeting. Current requirements are in Section 8.2 of the Rulebook:
Question 1: Pick A or B -
A. Jump heights are five inches lower than the height at the withers of the height dog.
B. Jump heights are six inches lower than the height at the withers of the height dog.
Question 2: Pick A or B -
A. Minimum jump height is 7 inches.
B. Minimum jump height is 6 inches.
Those Eligible to Vote and Vote Calculations
Club Owners, Regional Directors, Approved and Supervising Judges, and Board Members should receive ballots to their email inbox on the morning of December 4th. To determine how many votes you will be receiving on your ballot, please refer to the Rule Book, ARTICLE VII - AFFILIATE CLUBS AND DELEGATES, Section 2 Delegate Vote Calculations. Please note: As a Club Owner, to receive a ballot, the minimum teams you must have entered in Fiscal Year 2019 is four teams. If you wish to check your vote count before the election opens, you may go here: http://www.flyball.org/tourn_publicdbaccess.shtml
Any questions regarding your vote count or the election in general should be directed to elections@...
Emma Mak
NAFA Elections Chair
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Fiscal Year 2020 Rule Book now available on NAFA website
Emma Mak
The Fiscal Year 2020 Rule Book is live on the website. There is a page with clickable links at the front that lists the changes.
http://www.flyball.org/rules/rulebook.pdf List of Changes for the 2020 Racing Year 1) Regional Championships: a reduction from 4 to 3 teams for the Multibreed minimum class size required to count for Regional Points. See new Section 8.4 – Regional Championships, part (v). Note: this change is in progress in the database, so the Regional Champions reports do not yet reflect the change. 2) Clarification for Jump Height requirements for Veterans class: it is not a requirement for the Veterans class that jump heights be set to the minimum. Section 8.2(s) – The Rules of Racing 3) Update and clarification of acceptable collars, leashes and harnesses for tournaments: Section 1.3 – Collars and leads 4) Additional Multibreed Titles: Multibreed titles will be awarded up to 50,000 points. Section 8.2 Titles part (b). 5) Update to NAFA fees starting October 1st, 2019 unless otherwise noted: • Chapter 6 – HOSTING A NAFA® SANCTIONED EVENT, • Schedule of Fees (Appendix A) • C-6 Tournament Results Form, • C-8 Application for NAFA® Competition Racing # (CRN), • C-11 New Club Registration Form 6) Rule book clean-up: a) A typo in figure for Section 2.3: for caption regarding 1 & 2 inch boards: ‘equal’ changed to ‘material’.
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Second Candidate Chat Tonight 8pm EST
Emma Mak
Our second of three candidate chats is scheduled for tonight at 8pm EST. The chat will happen here (as last time):
If you have any questions please email elections@.... Regards, Emma Mak NAFA Elections Committee Chair
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First Candidate Chat Transcript updated
Emma Mak
Due to a copy and paste error there was a chunk of the transcript that was missing. The transcript has been updated and the part that was missing is highlighted. The link is the same:
http://flyball.org/elections/FY2020/CandidateChat1-111219.htm Regards, Emma Mak
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Transcript for FIrst Candidate Chat - and a change for future chats
Emma Mak
The transcript for the first candidate chat can be found here:
http://flyball.org/elections/FY2020/CandidateChat1-111219.htm
Our next chats will be: Tuesday November 26 - 8pm EST Thursday December 12 - 9pm EST We've received feedback that the software is not user friendly enough for those wanting to ask questions so, for future chats, since Facebook Messenger is familiar to most and easy to use, we'll use that (or email) to receive questions to the moderator. Questions will be accepted via:
- Facebook Messenger to NAFA's page https://www.facebook.com/NAFAFLYBALL/
- Facebook Messenger directly to moderator
- emails to elections@...
We will still use the cbox software for candidates to write their responses live, but the candidates and moderators will be the only ones that need to login to cbox (since no login is needed to watch the chat).
A reminder will be sent out closer to the date. Thank you,
Emma Mak
NAFA Elections Chair
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First Candidate Chat tomorrow - Tuesday November 12 9pm EST
Emma Mak
Our first of three candidate chats is scheduled for tomorrow at 9pm EST: http://www.nafaflyball.com/chat-cbox.html Please visit the page prior to the chat to create a login and familiarize yourself with how the software works. There are instructions at the top of the page. The moderator will be online half an hour before start time if you need assistance, or if you'd like to try out private messaging before the chat begins. Please note that Cbox only allows you to private message moderators or administrators (those with a star icon beside their name). Emma Mak NAFA Elections Committee Chair
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Plaque spelling confirmation still needed
Annie Taylor
Good Evening-
I still need spelling confirmation of dog and handler's names for the following teams. You may replay to this email or email me directly at alynnta@...
Region2:
Andrea L. "Annie" Taylor
North American Flyball Association, Inc. (R) Awards and Scoring Fuller's Mesquite Moxie "Moxie Princess" BC Onyx, TFWC
Tattle Evil~Rotten BS FM, TFP II Stormfront's Advanced Warning "Siren" FDCH-S, TFE I
Stormfront's Boy with a Golden Ticket "Charlie" Crazy rescue puppy
And my Angels Thoroughly enjoying life at the bridge
Stormfront's Too Cool For You ! "Ice" aka - Piggy FDCH-S, TF-III 11/27/09~1/13/12
OT's Unbridled Twitch "Twitterpate" FM, TFFC 5/24/08~ 5/29/13
Lacey Jane BC FG40K, TFPI (Best Black, White, Brown Dog Ever!) 8/4/2000~ 6/3/2013
Ruckus Border/Border FG60K, TFFC-I 7/18/2001~1/17/2018
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NAFA Board Candidate Online Chats
Emma Mak
NAFA Board Candidate Online Chats for this year's nominees are scheduled for the following dates and times: Tuesday November 12 - 9pm EST Details about the chats and how to participate will follow. Polls open December 1st. Election results will be announced at the January 18, 2020 AGM in Baltimore, MD
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View the upcoming election nominations!
The upcoming election nominations for Judge of the Year, Regional MVPs, Clyde Moore Hall of Fame and Board of Directors can be found on the NAFA website. You can also find them on NAFA's Facebook page, https://www.facebook.com/NAFAFLYBALL/ Thank you! North American Flyball Association
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Plaque spelling confirmation needed for Region 11-21
Annie Taylor
Good Evening- I need one member of each team to contact me to confirm spelling of handler and dog's names.
Thank you!
Annie
Region 11-
Andrea L. "Annie" Taylor
North American Flyball Association, Inc. (R) Awards and Scoring Fuller's Mesquite Moxie "Moxie Princess" BC Onyx, TFWC
Tattle Evil~Rotten BS FM, TFP II Stormfront's Advanced Warning "Siren" FDCH-S, TFE I
Stormfront's Boy with a Golden Ticket "Charlie" Crazy rescue puppy
And my Angels Thoroughly enjoying life at the bridge
Stormfront's Too Cool For You ! "Ice" aka - Piggy FDCH-S, TF-III 11/27/09~1/13/12
OT's Unbridled Twitch "Twitterpate" FM, TFFC 5/24/08~ 5/29/13
Lacey Jane BC FG40K, TFPI (Best Black, White, Brown Dog Ever!) 8/4/2000~ 6/3/2013
Ruckus Border/Border FG60K, TFFC-I 7/18/2001~1/17/2018
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